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Mary Loney Roosevelt regrets that she and her husband, Frederick Roosevelt, will be unable to attend the inauguration due to illness. She sends congratulations and hopes for a lovely day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-03
Roosevelt, Mary Loney, 1850-1936
Mary Josephene Burton Frazer expresses to Theodore Roosevelt that she invites him and Edith Roosevelt to contribute a small item or letter for a baby show in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-11
Frazer, Mary Josephene Burton, 1852-1933
A postcard from Baron and Baroness Kaneko wishing President Roosevelt a merry Christmas and happy New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12
Mrs. J. M. Whitney sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of what she’s composed on the topic of world peace. She also sends a copy of Ghost, which was part of the revelation she had in 1880. She addresses the letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt as well since she does not wish to communicate with any man without the knowledge of his wife.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-06
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Three-year-old Mary Gertrude Young asks the Roosevelts to donate money to her church’s children’s fund.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-06-07
Ambassador Reid updates President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on his unsuccessful efforts to locate Charlotte Berkeley Coles, an American socialite hoping to be presented at Court in London. Reid notes that many women making this request neglect to leave an address where they can be reached.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-29
Augustus F. Austin, Canadian bachelor, introduces himself to President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He leads an active life alone, at his family’s “comfortable country gentleman’s” homestead. Austin testifies he has no vices and is financially well-off. A spouse is his only need, and he expresses an attraction to Ethel Roosevelt. Asking what the Roosevelts think of his proposal, he invites them to visit and be sure of his sincerity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-10
This invitation to the wedding of Katrina Middleton Wright and Charles Day Palmer to take place on August 10, 1907, at the American embassy in Tokyo, Japan, was sent to President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-13
Wright, Luke E. (Luke Edward), 1846-1922; Wright, Katherine Semmes, 1844-1937
On behalf of the Associated Charities, of which Supreme Court Justice Brewer is president, and the Citizen’s Relief Association, of which General Sternberg is president, Brewer and Sternberg request donations to support their work in “befriending, relieving and upbuilding the friendless, undeveloped, sick, widowed and despairing poor people of the community.” They reach out to the Roosevelts because they had been subscribers in the past.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-20
Brewer, David J. (David Josiah), 1837-1910; Sternberg, George Miller, 1838-1915
Augusta Rhodes Hanna thanks President and Mrs. Roosevelt for the invitation to the wedding of Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth. She will not be able to make the journey to Washington for the wedding, but she sends congratulations and happiness to the pair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-07
Kentarō Kaneko met Alice Roosevelt and looks forward to hosting President and Edith Roosevelt. Kaneko encloses newspaper clippings related to Alice Roosevelt’s visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-21
Annie Endsley McKinley thanks President and Mrs. Roosevelt for their expression of sympathy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-15
Charles Sumner Bird and his wife, Anna Julia Bird, invite Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to the wedding of their daughter Edith Harlan Bird to Robert Perkins Bass on January 20, 1911.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-20
Bird, Charles Sumner, 1855-1927; Bird, Anna Julia, 1855-1942
The governors of the Camp Fire Club invite Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to the annual Ladies Night Dinner on February 6.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-11
A postcard from William Barnes depicting Homestead-on-the-Cliff on Nantucket Island. It is a view of the south side, “looking towards the quaint old town.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907
A postcard from William Barnes depicting Homestead-on-the-Cliff on Nantucket Island. Barnes tells President Roosevelt that this is where he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will find rest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907
Invitation to President Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to the Inaugural Ball.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1905-03
M. Florence Locke writes from her hospital bed to President Roosevelt, her cousin, and Edith for perhaps the last time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-16
M. F. Locke has prayed for the Roosevelts and their son.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-10
M. F. Locke sends prayers and wishes for Ted Roosevelt’s recovery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-15